In Rakesh S Kathotia & Anr v Milton Global Ltd & Ors, a division bench of Bombay High Court held that group entities that are not signatories to an arbitration agreement may be made parties to an application for interim relief under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, if they are referred to in the agreement.
Kathotia represented one of two groups that set up Milton Global through a joint venture agreement. Under the agreement, Kathotia’s group included “such other entities” controlled by Kathotia and his immediate relatives or his group companies “directly or indirectly”. Similarly, the definition of the second group included immediate relatives and other entities controlled directly or indirectly.
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The dispute digest is compiled by Bhasin & Co, Advocates, a corporate law firm based in New Delhi. The authors can be contacted at lbhasin@bhasinco.in or lbhasin@gmail.com. Readers should not act on the basis of this information without seeking professional legal advice.
